Florida Senate - 2018                            (NP)    SR 1808
       
       
        
       By Senator Campbell
       
       
       
       
       
       38-01392A-18                                          20181808__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing the City of Sunny Isles Beach
    3         on the occasion of the 21st anniversary of its
    4         incorporation.
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    6         WHEREAS, the City of Sunny Isles Beach was first christened
    7  as Sunny Isles when private investor Harvey Baker Graves
    8  purchased a 2.26-square-mile tract of land in 1920 for
    9  development as a tourist resort, and
   10         WHEREAS, after the Haulover Bridge was completed in 1925
   11  and made the area accessible from Miami Beach, developers began
   12  to create islands and peninsulas for building waterfront
   13  properties on Biscayne Bay, and
   14         WHEREAS, Milwaukee malt magnate Kurtis Froedtert bought
   15  Sunny Isles in 1936 and built the Sunny Isles Pier, a popular
   16  tourist destination, and
   17         WHEREAS, during the 1950s and 1960s, more than 30 motels
   18  were built along Collins Avenue, including the first two-story
   19  motel in the United States, and
   20         WHEREAS, Sunny Isles was incorporated as the City of Sunny
   21  Isles Beach on June 16, 1997, and
   22         WHEREAS, the City of Sunny Isles Beach is led by Mayor
   23  George “Bud” Scholl, Vice Mayor Dana Goldman, City Manager
   24  Christopher J. Russo and council members Isaac Aelion, Jeanette
   25  Gatto, and Larisa Svechin, NOW, THEREFORE,
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   27  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   29         That the City of Sunny Isles Beach is recognized on the
   30  occasion of the 21st anniversary of its incorporation.